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...McCaffrey responded by clarifying the official federal position. While the federal government will not provide funds for these programs, which offer free clean needles to addicts, it will support the programs on the local level, he said. Needles are extremely cheap, and are an issue that can be adequately handled by mayors or other local administration...
...personal level, McCaffrey said he was skeptical of the programs' merit. "Science supports needle exchange as an aspect that may help to draw people into other treatment. I have personally concluded that we are remiss in endorsing as social policy treatments that leave people in misery," McCaffrey said...
Audience members also asked McCaffrey about the United States' involvement in interdiction efforts in Latin America. The Clinton administration earmarked over $1.3 billion in new funds for assisting government counternarcotics efforts in Colombia in 2000. McCaffrey defended the policy as necessary to stem the flow of drugs to the United States...
While audience members varied in their level of support of American drug policy, many felt that McCaffrey treated the matter in an intellectual manner...
...Something I respected about the [McCaffrey's] speech was that he was not bashful to answer direct questions about controversial policy," said David S. Zlotlow, another student pursuing a master's degree. "I don't agree with some of his conclusions, but I felt that they seemed very well reasoned...